Ruling the waves : cycles of discovery, chaos, and wealth from the compass to the Internet /

Ruling the waves : cycles of discovery, chaos, and wealth from the compass to the Internet /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Spar, Debora L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: New York : Harcourt, [2001]
Subjects:
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Information technology > Economic aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Economic aspects.
Technology and state.
Internet.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The View from Partenia
  • Chapter 1. The First Wave
  • Chapter 2. The Codemakers
  • Chapter 3. Radio Days
  • Chapter 4. BSkyB and the New Wave of Television
  • Chapter 5. Last Stand of the Cypherpunks
  • Chapter 6. Trusting Microsoft
  • Chapter 7. Space Music
  • Chapter 8. Surfing the Barbary Coast
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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